Paris, Je T'aime
'Portmanteau' comes from the French word for a suitcase with several compartments or attributes. Somewhere along the line it came to be applied (in English) to mean a blended word (as smog blends smoke and fog). In movie terms, it refers to a feature length anthology made up of two or more separate stories, often by different filmmakers. Almost by definition then a portmanteau film is of variable quality. Recent examples include the two Ten Minutes Older films, Tickets, and 11'09"01 -...
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